Dr. Prinsky

Engl. 1101

Quiz on Sentence Fragments - Based on “Dr. Prinsky’s Snake-Oil Grammar” and Ch. 32 (Fragments) of The New McGraw-Hill Handbook, as well as Ch. 31 (Sentence Basics)

1. The definition of sentence fragment in “Dr. Prinsky’s Snake-Oil Grammar” is a word group that: (a) doesn’t make complete sense by itself (b) is a phrase or subordinate clause punctuated by a period (c) begins with a coordinate conjunction, especially “But” (d) combines two main clauses with a comma but no conjunction between them (e) is a phrase or subordinate clause attached to a main clause

2. The following word group -- yet it did -- is: (a) a phrase (b) a main clause (c) a subordinate clause (d) a sentence fragment (e) a main clause and a grammatically-correct sentence

3. The second of the two following word groups -- Most students should read more often. And should work on building their vocabulary. -- is: (a) correct as is (b) a verb phrase sentence fragment (c) a participial phrase sentence fragment (d) an infinitive phrase sentence fragment (e) a prepositional phrase sentence fragment

4. The second of the two following word groups -- Most students could build their vocabularies. With enough time and effort spent on vocabulary flash cards and a good vocabulary-building book. -- is: (a) correct as is (b) a verb phrase sentence fragment (c) a participial phrase sentence fragment (d) an infinitive phrase sentence fragment (e) a prepositional phrase sentence fragment

5. The second of the two following word groups -- Most students don’t put enough effort into achieving a goal much publicized around town. To pass English 1101 at Augusta State University. -- is: (a) correct as is (b) a verb phrase sentence fragment (c) a participial phrase sentence fragment (d) an infinitive phrase sentence fragment (e) a prepositional phrase sentence fragment

6. The second of the two following word groups -- Many students don’t put enough effort into developing their reading and writing skills. Subconsciously believing in the ultimate unimportance of these abilities. -- is: (a) correct as is (b) a verb phrase sentence fragment (c) a participial phrase sentence fragment (d) an infinitive phrase sentence fragment (e) a prepositional phrase sentence fragment

7. The second of the two following word groups -- The actors took their bows. Their spirits lifted by the rousing applause. -- is: (a) correct as is (b) a subordinate clause sentence fragment (c) a participial phrase sentence fragment (d) an appositive phrase sentence fragment (e) an absolute phrase sentence fragment

8. The second of the two following word groups -- The fact that a child’s performance on tests can be very consistent has been shown by one researcher. The widely respected R.S. Smith. -- is: (a) correct as is (b) a subordinate clause sentence fragment (c) a participial phrase sentence fragment (d) an appositive phrase sentence fragment (e) an absolute phrase sentence fragment

9. The second of the two following word groups -- Norman Lewis’s book Word Power Made Easy has much information, many interesting details, a multitude of exercises, and a modest cost. Which make it well worth owning. -- is: (a) correct as is (b) a subordinate clause (relative clause) sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause (adverb clause) sentence fragment (d) a subordinate clause (noun clause) sentence fragment

10. The second of the two following word groups -- Good food is near and dear to the minds and stomachs of most Americans. Although American cuisine is ridiculed around the world. -- is: (a) correct as is (b) a subordinate clause (relative clause) sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause (adverb clause) sentence fragment (d) a subordinate clause (noun clause) sentence fragment

11. The second of the two following word groups -- Recently, astronomers have begun scanning the skies, attempting to catalog all comets, meteors, and asteroids. The kind that wiped out the dinosaurs. -- is: (a) correct as is (b) a subordinate clause (relative clause) sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause (adverb clause) sentence fragment (d) a subordinate clause (noun clause) sentence fragment

Exercise 32.1 - label all the word groups as follows: (a) “Pool hustlers” (b) “Sometimes appearing” (c) “They may” (d) “Or pretend” (e) “For example” (f) “So their” (g) “Some other” (h) “When their” (i) “Then change” (j) “Because today’s” (k) “Hustlers can” (l) “Be aware”

12. Word group (a) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

13. Word group (b) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

14. Word group (c) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

15. Word group (d) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

16. Word group (e) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

17. Word group (f) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

18. Word group (g) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

19. Word group (h) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

20. Word group (i) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

21. Word group (j) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

22. Word group (k) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

23. Word group (l) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

In exercise 32.2, identify what kind of sentence fragment (the second word group in each pair) needs repairing:

24. 32.2 #1 (“The ominous . . . not come”): (a) verbal phrase (b) prepositional or transitional phrase (c) example-introducing phrase, lists phrase (d) appositive phrase (e) compound-predicate phrase

25. 32.2 #2 (“Filmmakers may . . . particular era”): (a) verbal phrase (b) prepositional or transitional phrase (c) example-introducing phrase, lists phrase (d) appositive phrase (e) compound-predicate phrase

26. 32.2 #3 (“The musical . . . Cold Mountain”): (a) verbal phrase (b) prepositional or transitional phrase (c) example-introducing phrase, lists phrase (d) appositive phrase (e) compound-predicate phrase

27. 32.2 #4 (“Usually filmmkaers . . . visual elements”): (a) verbal phrase (b) prepositional or transitional phrase (c) example-introducing phrase, lists phrase (d) appositive phrase (e) compound-predicate phrase

28. 32.2 #5 (“Music can . . . in mood”): (a) verbal phrase (b) prepositional or transitional phrase (c) example-introducing phrase, lists phrase (d) appositive phrase (e) compound-predicate phrase

29. 32.2 #6 (“Exactly matching . . . animated classic”): (a) verbal phrase (b) prepositional or transitional phrase (c) example-introducing phrase, lists phrase (d) appositive phrase (e) compound-predicate phrase

30. 32.2 #7 (“To create . . . moaning winds”): (a) verbal phrase (b) prepositional or transitional phrase (c) example-introducing phrase, lists phrase (d) appositive phrase (e) compound-predicate phrase

31. 32.2 #8 (“Do not . . . the image”): (a) verbal phrase (b) prepositional or transitional phrase (c) example-introducing phrase, lists phrase (d) appositive phrase (e) compound-predicate phrase

In exercise 32.3 - identify the fragment as (a) adjective subordinate clause, (b) adverb subordinate clause, (c) subordinate noun clause, or (d) subordinate relative pronoun clause

32. 32.3 #1 (“Ancient people . . . nutrient”): (a) adjective subordinate clause, subordinate relative pronoun clause (b) adverb subordinate clause (c) subordinate noun clause

33. 32.3 #2 (“Some groups . . . and resources”): (a) adjective subordinate clause, subordinate relative pronoun clause (b) adverb subordinate clause (c) subordinate noun clause

34. 32.3 #3 (“When they . . . moving them”): (a) adjective subordinate clause, subordinate relative pronoun clause (b) adverb subordinate clause (c) subordinate noun clause

35. 32.3 #4 (“Obsidian is . . . is brittle”): (a) adjective subordinate clause, subordinate relative pronoun clause (b) adverb subordinate clause (c) subordinate noun clause

36. 32.3 #5 (“After a . . . or rings”): (a) adjective subordinate clause, subordinate relative pronoun clause (b) adverb subordinate clause (c) subordinate noun clause

37. 32.3 #6 (“The earliest . . . in cities”): (a) adjective subordinate clause, subordinate relative pronoun clause (b) adverb subordinate clause (c) subordinate noun clause

38. 32.3 #7 (“Agriculture thrived . . . flooded regularly”): (a) adjective subordinate clause, subordinate relative pronoun clause (b) adverb subordinate clause (c) subordinate noun clause

39. 32.3 #8 (“Although the . . . many goods”): (a) adjective subordinate clause, subordinate relative pronoun clause (b) adverb subordinate clause (c) subordinate noun clause

40. 32.3 #9 (“Egypt added . . . 4000 BCE”): (a) adjective subordinate clause, subordinate relative pronoun clause (b) adverb subordinate clause (c) subordinate noun clause

41. 32.3 #10 (“Egypt’s first . . . 3150 BCE”): (a) adjective subordinate clause, subordinate relative pronoun clause (b) adverb subordinate clause (c) subordinate noun clause

Exercise 32.5 - label all the word groups as follows: (a) “According to” (b) “But elected” (c) “Who were” (d) “In the” (e) “Gradually making” (f) “Nonetheless, in” (g) “But not”

42. Word group a is (a) a complete sentence (b) a verb phrase fragment (c) a relative pronoun subordinate clause fragment (d) a participial phrase fragment (e) a noun phrase fragment

43. Word group b is (a) a complete sentence (b) a verb phrase fragment (c) a relative pronoun subordinate clause fragment (d) a participial phrase fragment (e) a noun phrase fragment

44. Word group c is (a) a complete sentence (b) a verb phrase fragment (c) a relative pronoun subordinate clause fragment (d) a participial phrase fragment (e) a noun phrase fragment

45. Word group d is (a) a complete sentence (b) a verb phrase fragment (c) a relative pronoun subordinate clause fragment (d) a participial phrase fragment (e) a noun phrase fragment

46. Word group e is (a) a complete sentence (b) a verb phrase fragment (c) a relative pronoun subordinate clause fragment (d) a participial phrase fragment (e) a noun phrase fragment

47. Word group f is (a) a complete sentence (b) a verb phrase fragment (c) a relative pronoun subordinate clause fragment (d) a participial phrase fragment (e) a noun phrase fragment

48. Word group g is (a) a complete sentence (b) a verb phrase fragment (c) a relative pronoun subordinate clause fragment (d) a participial phrase fragment (e) a noun phrase fragment

___________________

Read the following paragraph:

(a) Recorded in government archives in inscriptions and on thousands of clay tablets. (b) The lists of kings and genealogies in Egyptian archives recording dates in years that go back to at least 3000 BCE. (c) Recorded history starts in about 750 BCE in the central Mediterranean. (d) About 55 BCE, the start of historical records in Britain. (e) The first historical records for the New World long thought to begin with the Spanish conquest in the sixteenth century CE. <<A&Bhb>>

49. Which one of the word groups in the above paragraph is not a sentence fragment in the following paragraph: (a) word group a (b) word group b (c) word group c (d) word group d (e) word group e

________________

Read the following paragraph:

(a) While only eight microbreweries existed in the United States a decade ago. (b) Today seventy microbreweries are brewing more than 65,000 barrels of specialty beers a year. (c) Microbreweries are winning awards for the tastiness of their products. (d) Which has caused the large producers to alter their production and advertising techniques. (e) Because microbrewery beer is often free of additives. (f) It must be sold locally. (g) Local production, distribution, and advertising has become a key to microbrewery success. (h) Which depends on creating the perception among buyers of a freshness and healthfulness not available in mass-market beers. (i) Even though image is important. (j) Quality of the product is what has convinced an increasing number of American beer drinkers to buy from local, smaller breweries. <<A&Bhb>>

50. Word group (a) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

51. Word group (b) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

52. Word group (c) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

53. Word group (d) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

54. Word group (e) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

55. Word group (f) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

56. Word group (g) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) subordinate clause sentence fragment

57. Word group (h) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

58. Word group (i) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

59. Word group (j) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

___________

Read the following paragraph:

(a) Physiologically, the body prepares itself for stress. (b) By eliciting an immediate and vigorous alarm reaction. (c) Alarm is soon replaced by resistance. (d) A state in which activation remains relatively high but at levels a person can sustain over a long period of time. (e) If stress persists, the body’s resources may become depleted. (f) Exhaustion occurs. (g) The ability to cope decreasing sharply over time. (h) A person risks severe biological damage by remaining exhausted for too long. (i) Stressors can be defined as those elements in the environment that produce an urge in the individual to approach a stressful activity. (j) To flee from it as well. <<A&Bhb>>

60. Word group (a) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

61. Word group (b) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

62. Word group (c) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) subordinate clause sentence fragment

63. Word group (d) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

64. Word group (e) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

65. Word group (f) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

66. Word group (g) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

67. Word group (h) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

68. Word group (i) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

69. Word group (j) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

____________

Read the following paragraph:

(a) When cooled in liquid nitrogen, a banana becomes extremely hard. (b) So hard that it can be used as a hammer. (c) A rubber ball becomes brittle. (d) And will shatter like glass when dropped onto the floor. (e) When certain metals are cooled to low temperatures, they gain the ability to conduct electric currents with no resistance at all. (f) And are called superconductors. (g) Once the current is set up, a superconducting ring can carry current for a long time. (h) In fact, for thousands of years with no further source of energy. <<A&Bhb>>

70. Word group (a) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

71. Word group (b) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

72. Word group (c) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

73. Word group (d) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

74. Word group (e) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

75. Word group (f) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

76. Word group (g) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

77. Word group (h) is: (a) correct as is (b) a phrase sentence fragment (c) a subordinate clause sentence fragment

____________

Read the following paragraph:

(a) Norm loved playing comedy clubs – every aspect of it. (b) To tell political jokes. (c) Making satirical comments. (d) To try to impressive pretty female customers. (e) Getting cut-rate drinks at the bar. (f) His avocation made life worthwhile for him.

78. Word group a is (a) a complete sentence (b) an infinitive phrase fragment (c) a participial phrase fragment (d) a verb phrase fragment (e) a prepositional phrase fragment

79. Word group b is (a) a complete sentence (b) an infinitive phrase fragment (c) a participial phrase fragment (d) a verb phrase fragment (e) a prepositional phrase fragment

80. Word group c is (a) a complete sentence (b) an infinitive phrase fragment (c) a participial phrase fragment (d) a verb phrase fragment (e) a prepositional phrase fragment

81. Word group d is (a) a complete sentence (b) an infinitive phrase fragment (c) a participial phrase fragment (d) a verb phrase fragment (e) a prepositional phrase fragment

82. Word group e is (a) a complete sentence (b) an infinitive phrase fragment (c) a participial phrase fragment (d) a verb phrase fragment (e) a prepositional phrase fragment

83. Word group f is (a) a complete sentence (b) an infinitive phrase fragment (c) a participial phrase fragment (d) a verb phrase fragment (e) a prepositional phrase fragment